New Dungey Interview

Some may say he is a robot, but if he said stupid shit like some of the riders do at times, he would get blasted by the Vital lynch squad. I much rather hear him remain positive and continue to represent our sport as a professional and a rider my son can look up to and one I can use as a positive role model. Flame on.

Many on Vital don't want questions answered,they would rather make up their own version of reality.
Good interview though.

good interview...

I know I am in the minority, but I believe he will be in the hunt for a title on the KTM..

Interesting that people can feel so differently. Personally I felt that he's way to tight lipped as usual, other than him going there would probably not have happened with "the man"? OH MY GOD (yawn)...

How hard can it be? "I got more money with the KTM deal"?

He ain't burnin' no bridges.

what more do some of you guys want from them, they are required by contract to mention sponsors at specific times..

they don't owe you any more information then what they are willing to give, why do you feel the need to know what they are thinking or why they did a particular thing...

it's about the racing....

This guy is all about class, always have been.

apparently that's a bad thing to some...

The so called vanilla boy is more mature and respectul than most of his competitors. He is a sponsor's dream by letting his results do his talking. Thankfully Villopoto and Canard and some other newcomers know how to stand tall and go easy on the twitter account.

All I care about is if he's dating Britney Spear's sister. Just tell is so I can get on with my life...

exactly.

Pretty much answers the question in the follow up questions:

What could have kept you at Suzuki?
I'd rather not answer that.

Why KTM? It's an unproven program that has never been on the podium in the Supercross class. Do you feel like you're taking a big chance?
KTM has been a really dominant manufacturer over in Europe and I think they're ready to come over here in America and show that as well. I just really like the commitment from the team, the people and the manufacturer. I'm looking forward to the change. It's a challenge and I'm looking forward to winning championships with KTM. I like what they're about and I think it's a good fit for me. I really do believe that. I think it's going to be a good solid bike and I'll leave it at that.

If Roger DeCoster and Ian Harrison were not at KTM would you be riding for them in 2012?
I've seen the progress that Ian and Roger have made there and it's really cool to see how much KTM trusts them. I've been able to work with Roger a lot and 2011 was the first year I hadn't. He brings a lot to the table, he a great guy, he's raced, he's done it and he knows a lot about bike setup; to answer the question -- probably not.

Interesting to he his first interview after the signing was with ESPN, talk about a rider who is taking this sport to a big audiance and into the mainstream sports field.

I know ESPN is not un familiar teritory for Supercross, but most first time interviews after a big signing like this are normally captured by one of the big MX sites or Mags, having ESPN get in first show's that there is a fair bit of respect and interest in Dungey outside of the Generally motocross / supercross fan. Then again you just have to look at the outside of the sport sponsors like Target and Nike that have always supported him to see has the respect of the general sporting world.

Great to see.

Though I do live outside of the USA and this could be a pretty regular thing to see, Normally though if you jump on a forum an interview like this (first interview after major event) will be linked to a Dirt bike specific site.

We were watching some car racing on Speed channel today and they announced it during the broadcast and had it come up on a banner on the screen announce that Dungey had signed with KTM.

Don't think I've every seen it happen like that before.